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Regiment: 1st U.S. Volunteers Sharpshooters
Battles Mentioned:
Historical Figures: Abraham Lincoln, William S. Rosecrans
Army of the Potomac
Nov. 5th 1863
My Mary.
My Own Dear Wife.
We are still
inactive though reports thick and fast
have been our guests since my last
to you. Time flies so swiftly I
hardly know when my last to you
was written. of one thing I am
certain no word from you has
reached me since.
The weather has
been lovely the past week but still
reminding one like a beautiful
picture that there are two sides
and the morrow may bring storms
and tempest. I have received
orders if Capt. Baker does not
report himself by the tenth of this
month to drop him as a deserter
which if done will doubtless end
in his being cashiered. It is evident
he does not intend to return and
I know his wife wrote him last
winter. she had rather he would be
dismissed the service than not come
home.
Election returns indicate that
the Republicans have carried every
thing in the October Elections they
made a clean sweep and now
even Maryland has gone in favor
of the administration. A. Lincoln
by these signs will be the next Pres=
ident. he is the head of the Nation
in something besides the name.
And whatever the obstacles in his
path his foot must crush it. he sees
and acts not for to day alone. the
future must be provided for. The
removal of Rosecrans may have been
for disobedience of orders or incom-
petency, but I doubt it.
There must be no Military Chieftain
to aspire to the Presidency in /64
I do not for a moment doubt the
Policy nor its success. he is equal
to the task and I am bound to
support him for the eight years
My love to all
Love and kisses to my Darling
Sis. Gardner
[On Envelope:]
Mrs. Gardner B. Clark
Montpelier
Vermont
